Type: | Bishop |
Honorific-Prefix: | Most Reverend |
Giovanni Battista Brescia | |
Bishop of Vicenza | |
Church: | Catholic Church |
Diocese: | Diocese of Vicenza |
Term: | 1655–1660 |
Predecessor: | Marcantonio Bragadin |
Successor: | Giuseppe Civran |
Consecration: | 4 July 1655 |
Consecrated By: | Marcantonio Bragadin |
Death Date: | 1660 |
Death Place: | Vicenza, Italy |
Giovanni Battista Brescia (died 1660) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Vicenza (1655–1660).[1]
On 14 June 1655, Giovanni Battista Brescia was appointed during the papacy of Pope Alexander VII as Bishop of Vicenza.[2] On 4 July 1655, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Bragadin, Cardinal-Priest of San Marco, with Pier Luigi Carafa (bishop), Bishop of Tricarico, and Girolamo Farnese, Titular Archbishop of Patrae, serving as co-consecrators. He served as Bishop of Vicenza until his death in 1660.